Imperiled

Editor-in-chief:   Dominick A. DellaSala (Chief Scientist Wild Heritage a project of the Earth Island Institute), Michael I. Goldstein (Principal, Surfbird Consulting)
Imprint:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 276mm,  Width: 216mm, 
Weight:   450g
ISBN:   9780128211397
ISBN 10:   0128211393
Pages:   2608
Publication Date:   09 June 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Mixed media product
Publisher's Status:   Active

Dominick DellaSala, Ph. D, is Chief Scientist of Wild Heritage, a project of the Earth Island Institute, and former President of the Society for Conservation Biology, North America. He is an internationally renowned scholar of over 200 publications on forest ecology, endangered species, conservation biology, and climate change. Dominick has given keynote talks ranging from academic conferences to the United Nations Earth Summit. He has been featured in hundreds of news stories and documentaries, testified in the US congress numerous times, and received conservation leadership and book writing awards. He is on the editorial board of Elsevier's Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, co-chief editor of Elsevier's Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene, The World's Biomes, and Encyclopedia of Conservation; Co-editor the Ecological Importance of Mixed Severity Fires: Nature's Phoenix (Elsevier), editor and author of the award winning Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World: Ecology and Conservation; and subject editor of several scientific journals. He is driven by a passion to save life on Earth for his daughters, grandkids, and future generations. Dr. Michael I. Goldstein is a planner and biologist for the US Forest Service in Juneau, Alaska. Mike has worked on many applied management issues across terrestrial and aquatic systems, addressing pesticides, dispersed recreation, development, timber harvest, and other forms of resource extraction. Mike was a principal architect and editor of Elsevier's major reference work Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, served as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene and Co-Editor of the Anthropocene's Climate Change volume, served as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes and Editor of the Biomes section on Islands and Atolls. In his spare time, Mike coaches skiing, enjoys fishing, camping in remote places, and teaching his three children the joys of life.

• Winner of 2023 PROSE Awards - Winner: Finalist: Reference Works - Physical Sciences and Mathematics: Association of American Publishers 2023